Monthly Archives: July 2016

A third of solar jobs have likely been lost in the UK, found the report by PwC for the Solar Trade Association (STA), based on a survey of 238 companies, around 10% of the industry. More than 12,000 solar power jobs have been lost in the past year because of government subsidy cuts, according to the…

Sign today The much-delayed construction of two reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset is expected to be given the go-ahead by the board of the French energy giant at a meeting in Paris on This afternoon afternoon, despite the opposition of unions. The decision will pave the way for Greg Clark, the new business and energy…

A report in the Telegraph today reports that Drax is optimistic that tight UK power supplies this winter will raise electricity prices, after low prices led to a slump in profits in the first half of the year. Britain’s biggest power plant, which is in the process of converting from burning coal to biomass wood…

The government’s energy efficiency loan scheme had an “abysmal” take-up rate because it had not been tested with consumers, MPs have said. The “Green Deal” ended last year after providing just £50m in 14,000 loans to households to boost energy efficiency. That was far less than the £1.1bn predicted by the government, with each loan…